A swastika (also Svastika, Suastika, from Sanskrit m. स्वस्तिक svastika, German "lucky charm") is a cross with four uniformly angled arms of approximately the same length. They can point to the right or left, be right-angled, acute-angled, flat-angled or curved and connected with circles, lines, spirals, dots or other ornaments. The interpretation of the sign's rotation directions is subject to complementary intercultural conventions. Such signs, the oldest said to date from around 10,000 B.C. BC, were found in Asia and Europe, and more rarely in Africa and America.
The symbol does not have a uniform function and meaning. The swastika is still used today as a religious symbol of good luck in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. In German, a heraldic symbol similar to the swastika has been called a “swastika” since the 18th century.
The place originally had a Romanesque church. However, this church was demolished at the beginning of the 20th century and replaced by the current church building.
It is a brick building in the neo-Gothic style, designed by Hyacinth Martens and Vincent Lenerz.
The three-aisled cruciform church has a semi-attached northwest tower covered with a tent roof.
The interior is largely neo-Gothic. The nave and transept are covered by a wooden, polychrome pointed barrel vault. The church has a 16th-century oak crucifix, a Saint Peter and a Saint Roch, both made of polychrome oak (17th century). From the 18th century there is a statue of St. John the Baptist made of polychrome oak and a decorated statue of the Virgin Mary made of oak.
There are also two exhibition thrones from the second half of the 17th century made of marbled wood. The oak confessional and pulpit are in the Louis XV style (mid-18th century) and six pews date from the early 18th century.
There are some patterns in the floor. Among other things, several swastikas.
After more than 110 years as a church, it was desecrated in 2022 and is now to be put to a new use.
The symbol does not have a uniform function and meaning. The swastika is still used today as a religious symbol of good luck in Hinduism, Jainism and Buddhism. In German, a heraldic symbol similar to the swastika has been called a “swastika” since the 18th century.
The place originally had a Romanesque church. However, this church was demolished at the beginning of the 20th century and replaced by the current church building.
It is a brick building in the neo-Gothic style, designed by Hyacinth Martens and Vincent Lenerz.
The three-aisled cruciform church has a semi-attached northwest tower covered with a tent roof.
The interior is largely neo-Gothic. The nave and transept are covered by a wooden, polychrome pointed barrel vault. The church has a 16th-century oak crucifix, a Saint Peter and a Saint Roch, both made of polychrome oak (17th century). From the 18th century there is a statue of St. John the Baptist made of polychrome oak and a decorated statue of the Virgin Mary made of oak.
There are also two exhibition thrones from the second half of the 17th century made of marbled wood. The oak confessional and pulpit are in the Louis XV style (mid-18th century) and six pews date from the early 18th century.
There are some patterns in the floor. Among other things, several swastikas.
After more than 110 years as a church, it was desecrated in 2022 and is now to be put to a new use.
